The retailer issued a preliminary report before the opening bell Tuesday stating its fiscal fourth-quarter comparable-store sales rose 3.1% during the all-important nine-week holidays shopping season. For its fiscal fourth quarter, the company said same-stores sales (sales at stores open at least a year) rose 2%.

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